21: Can We Fix the Drainage Problem Behind the Cottage? Island Life Vlog Scotland Hebrides
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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Just a little hint if I may.... whenever possible touch things once. Your wheelbarrow or trolley should be under where you are cutting your wood so it drops directly in then you can just wheel it to the house. You could even put a canvas liner in the wheelbarrow and pick the whole thing up and place it in the house, job done.
Katie another way to get rid of tree stumps is to drill several holes with a spade bit and fill the holes with epsom salts then cover them over.. It works really well.
I used to love it when we had power cuts on the Isle we stay on.. we'd use oil lamps and candles (we bought 3000 from IKEA years ago in a springtime sale. We used candles and oil lamps when we lived on the canal in Englandshire).
Anyway.. I love power cuts even more now since I got the island linesman job 10 years or so ago. Cos now when the hydro goes off SSEN pays me to go out and find the fault and hopefully fix it.. yay.
Hard workers as always you are making a huge difference to your home.it's good to be able to share it all with you
Couldn’t help but laugh when you brought the wheelbarrow round to pick up the kindling, next time put the wheelbarrow there in the first place…..
Lol 😂
That’s an extremely rewarding start to your damp clearance….you can see where you’re going now!
You both work so hard this is becoming a home again like anything worthwhile. The trenches are outrageous and you are working hard to get them functional. Be safe and happiness to all!
So happy that the storm wasn't as bad for the two of you as it was on the mainland.❤
the two of you work so hard, thank you for sharing your journey with us
Its amazing all the hard work you both put into making that place beautiful again. Love all your content and scenery, especially seeing the lovely animals:) thanks for posting
My wife and I are thoroughly enjoying your adventure. We have spent the past few years renovating an old family home, so we know the difficulties and frustrations you are going through.
But slowly but surely it all comes together.
The fire in your bedroom mabe put a iron hood over the chimney breast so it barricades any smoke from entering the room if there's a hood on it the smoke will rise into it then go straight up the chimney my grandparents had the same fireplace they had a hood just above the fire to protect any smoke escaping it might work for you not sure 👍👍👍😊😊😊😊
Dedication and hard work it is wonderful to be following you both maybe one day I could come and help out I have done conservation and building work.
An amazing amount of work you both did!
Help! Help! I am being oppressed 😝
Just to give you both so feedback from me you are doing an awesomely and amazing and wonderfully job in restoring your croft and on the garden and elsewhere and I am also so sorry for the powercut you both experienced I bet you are so glad those candles came very useful at the right now as they where made in the previous episode and I am so and happy for you both and looking forward to upcoming episodes and I am so enjoying it again I will say there is nothing wrong with the sound or the camera on your phone i can see everything perfectly and the sound is 100 % both are crystal clear I love you both so much keep up the good work etc I love journey you both are on also and honour you both just a quick thought is the Scottish isle on either Facebook or Instagram or twitter etc please let me know one way or another please thanks
Punctuation helps a lot.
Scott my husband(Geoff) said to tell you to be careful, what you ask Kate, while she has a pick-axe in her hand! ps. kate I was digging the same type of ditch in the rain last January, good thing I did not have an ax near me ;) Thank you both for the great video...kspe
A little tip, 're kindling cutting, put a basket underneath when you cutting so it falls in and you just pick up the basket and carry it in. I learnt that to make just an every day job easier. 😊 I've been watching all your vlogs so far and loving them. Im addicted thank you x
Quite a job that had been done to relieve this trench of all the mud. I think you're making progress very good, but I can see there's so much more that needs to be done. That's going to take some doing. Thanks for sharing the progress on your home. Looking forward to continuing to watch your adventures.
Cheeseballs by candlelight. ❤ The wonders never cease.😊
tarp over the tree stump i'm using that one, learn something new everyday they say. Your slice of heaven is coming along lovely
Needs patience, but it works to kill it off! 💪
Can't wait to see how the salt making turns out. Exciting to see an ancient craft revived.
🙋♀️❤️. So much done! So much to do! .I'll bet it's nice sleeping by the fire when the wind howls.
Wow, what a task to get the trench cleaned out. Steadily looking better and better.
Well, must say you two got it going on. Rolling up your sleeves and tackling this with vigor. And I see you have got it right. Good on you! Very impressive analysis of what is necessary to do now and in the future.
The snail is lovely, I'd name him Donny 🐌
Lol, id say hes more a Derek:)
Swing low, sweet wheel barra, coming for to carry your load x
That’s great really educational. It makes sense when you see it all cleaned out.
Great progress on the drains, so glad you were ok during the storm looking forward to next week ❤😊
House wall in the last shot looks like it's drying out already! Well done you two!
Incredible amount of work. Love the fireplaces and looking forward to the salt making
That trench is going to be a work of are when you are finished. As you say lining it with stone and limecrete is going to help no end. But the job on it so far is going to stand you in good stead over the winter. I don't envy you the job, but I do so envy you the life you have chosen. Take care both xx
29:43 - "Dennis! There's some lovely filth down here!" 😉
Re the tree stump - you could build a fire over the stump , using some of the enormous amount of fallen timber you have. One the fire takes and the stump is burning, it should burn out under ground - I did with an old Ash stump…. It burnt for 10/11 days underground - but it never came back!
Lots of hard work you 2 are going thru to make your house into home. Well done both of you
I'm so glad the storm was not as bad as everyone else had indicated. I was so concerned that I even emailed Katie. What a relief you were spared the extra rain with the storm. The draining situation is challenging enough without more rain to deal with.
Fascinating on the salt process.
Love this channel. Great job shifting all the mud.
Great to see all that hard work starting to pay off
Good job on the trench so far. You did say that the one side needed lining with stone, and you have plenty in the front yard so it will look great once you have that done. It'll look like a mini waterfall almost. Hopefully you'll have enough stone to do both sides. And maybe enough to fix that back wall where its wearing away. But I'm sure if you don't have enough out front there's plenty more around the island.
So glad you guys were not hit bb that storm. Was a bit worried you'd have more than a waterfall to contend with if it did!
As we say in my mother tongue, death has a cause. I wonder whether there weren't elderly people living there for quite some time that could not keep up with maintaining the trench, and the need to do that never occured to the newcomers after them.
Keep up the good work. Steadily this house will return to its former integrity.
Good to see the drainage coming along.. well done. :) Love having the fires going! I miss my fire, having moved to suburbia where we can't have a fire.. so really lovely to see them blazing away!
Fantastic result. Tough work now and in the future but results are results! Blessings to you both ❤️
Aaah..you two seems safe and sound!!! Was really worried!! Storm Babette was not kind to the mainland. Have a fab week!!!
so very glad i found your channel - such a pleasant way to visit your Isle, since i can't go there in person {yet} - love the pace and the energy between you both... Katy {spelling?} reminds me so much of my dear friend Sarah, who's from up there, somewhere, and i now completely understand why she is who she is... the isolation, tenacity and self-reliance makes for special folks, i'm sure!! 💕
great video, I love the fireplace too, you did an awesome job on it
Thank goodness that you didn't get hit full on in the storm.
Sorting out the trench is coming along nicely. I know its not done, but the rising damp should start improving.
What you need in the trench is a French drain. That will let you drain the water at the bottom of the French drain and you can have whatever depth oh fill in the trench.
Good Job on the drainage!
Well done with your trench. Did you find the key again? The wind sounded wicked at 16:16. Glad you were safe from the storm. Have a good week.
Excellent work out the back. Well done team!
Thank you for your hospitality.
I know it has to be done but it looks like bloody hard work 😂😂 I'm glad it's you and not me
Simply love your videos❤
Your trench reminds me of my father digging a trench at a posh lady's house,she kept interfering where he was going wrong,and she said would it be better to have a dam, he replied you can dam it, you can blast it ,but you can't get water to run uphill
Done a good job Scott. That trench will be good when it’s finished.
You are the best dressed DIYers! You both are adorable
Thanks for another great video. Can I ask how big your island is? At one point you were showing some stone structures and the wind howling. I think at 16 minute mark. What were they?
They're cairns! The Scots have been making cairns as memorials in honour of the departed for donkeys years. You find them all over; I'll need to do a narrative on the traditions at some point when we get more footage! Kx
The cairns are on the mainland, they're not on the island.
If you think power failures are going to be a problem, may be worth it to get a power supply. I have one as i need my electric blanket on all the time, even in summer. Even in Australia a small one doesnt cost much. Recharge by solar or electricity when it comes back.
I'm going to be really annoying here and let you know stuff that you are already very aware of. I am an irrigation engineer, and working with the fall of water when de-silting is key.However having said that, I see no reason why this building shouldn't dry right out now( clearing out all of the small stones will prevent capillary action from holding the water in the trench). If things are still damp, just get a cheap gutter to carry the water wherever you need. Use a cosmetic finish to make it less of an eye sore if you need too. Good luck.
All advice is welcomed, thank you! Now we think we'll have to tackle the paving slabs at the front of the house, seeing has they're higher than the interior floor!
My family over in Scotland told me you have had bad storms I know up there in Greenock and Gourock they have had it bad
I agree with your instincts... Two options - best but far more work is the jack hammer and widen... But I also think that the floor of the spillway might just be enough to make it smooth and better fall (steeper). 2" of waterproof concrete will give a number of years of peace. Well done on a crap job... Where are all the 5 year olds when you need them!
This may sound a bit out there, but here goes, is it possible to reroute the water before it gets to the concrete plinth. That way it will not run into your trench. Good luck.
The water is coming from a natural underground stream, running downhill from the top of the island. Impossible to rectify, given the costs involved.
Katie, I have a question. When showing us the scalded pot of Nana's, you ended with "bless her soul." You said that after mentioning that she wasn't the best of cooks. Over here in the U.S. South, we say something similar after gently noting a friend's flaw -- we say "bless her heart." Is your "bless her soul" a common saying in Scotland? I'm wondering if the two are connected?
Also -- isn't it wonderful that that excellent stove was a found object on the island? Amazing! And the bedroom grate is so charming. It's really pretty. It will be wonderful to look at in the winter when that's the living room.
Honestly, I'm not sure how common it is. You hear fewer and fewer people here blessing each other in any way at all! Although, when I was growing up, I heard "bless her socks", too. Kx
Greetings from Ireland. We just say bless her and roll our eyes up to heaven😂❤
That goat(?) skull is amazing. Just a suggestion: Clean the skull, inside & out, thoroughly then paint it gold, or better still gold leaf it, leave the horns natural or add gold just to the very tip of each horn, and put it on the wall in the house, it’d look awesome in gold.
The island of Islay has lots of wild goats
hello there the Croft has a surrounding wall bank i would tackle that first and raise a foot above the ground level I'd put in a drainage pipe at the back and let it go to a soak away, and then infill so rain and melting snow would be reduced into the gully, running rain off the roof lead it away from the croft .but are doing a grand job
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Copper nails hammered into the stumps will probably kill them(depending on species, (and you could pour boiling water onto the stump too, which shocks it)if the tarp doesn’t work. No poison needed.
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If you got Eco-Flow company to sponsor you and donate a power source to you it would solve the problem to when this happens so you have a back up power. Also to use it other places on the property you may not have power.
I hope you get that trench done pretty soon. Winter. I don't know how winters are on that island. Have you been making a diary of the weather. Is day by day. 34:29
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To tool you used is callled a rammer
I hope you've fitted carbon monoxide Alarms ,i have only just subscribed so not sure yo already have .looking forward to more like this ,it of catching to do
I wonder if some sort of damp prevention drilled in to the walls would help
Just a thought shouldn’t you use a muslin cloth. I wondered if the tea shirt being a dark colour has been dyed?
Sorry oops tee shirt not tea shirt
Gotta use what we have to hand in the end! Kx
Two points: (1) you're 41 😲 I thought you were about 30!; and (2) lots of wild goats in Wester Ross, particularly around Little Loch Broom where you see them by the roadside and you have to be careful driving like with the deer.
Haha, thank you! Yes, it was a surprise to find out we have wild goats in Scotland! I had no idea! Kx
Boiling water in your cottage will cause damp as the steam will go to the coldest wall
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i feel some of the processes you do dont max your efforts out, for example when cutting the wood up for kindling why not just put the barrow under it to take a step out the process and be a bit more lazy LOL
Did you ever wonder why they built the house in that particular spot, rather than on higher, more level ground? Maybe you could find a more level area and move the whole thing. Just kidding.
That's an awful lot of water vapour you're bringing in the house to get that salt...
Well, I do bring it outside when I'm able! 😉
If you point me towards your email, I will send you some pictures of my cottage and the inner stone walls!
scottish-isle@proton.me
For some reason I stopped having access to " Live comments".
Thanks for tuning in, though! Kx
Just a fast question to both of you: Couldn't it be a better idea being dressed in proper rubber boots, work overall etc as you are ruining nice good clothes?
It's only honest mud. It washes or brushes right off. Nothing is ruined.
Scott tends to buy army surplus as serviceable, hard-wearing footwear. We have waxed leather for the rain, and wool to keep us warm; both very forgiving - if they get muddy, just need brushed off when dry. We can mend what we have if needs be, but we're not ruining anything by working in what we have. Kx
I find that their clothing fits in with the island and tone of the videos and adds charm. As Katie says there's nothing wrong with a bit of mud.
Step one clearing debris and finding bedrock is done. Good job!❤
I just can’t believe you’re 41??? 😮
I thought much younger!